Packing or shipping box.



J. T. mums.

PACKING 0B BHIIPIRG BOX.

APPLICATION PILED SEPT. 14. 1908.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

5 SHEETS-BEBE! 1.

APPLICATION I'ILED SEPT 14, 190B.

Patented Mar. 1 6, l 909.

6 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J. T. FERRES.

PACKING 0B SHIPPING BOX. APPLICATION FILED 2114,1903.

Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

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J. T. FERRES.

PACKING 0R SHIPPING BOX.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.14,190B.

'91 5,579. Patented Mar. 16, 1909.

5 SHEETS-SHEET a.

UNITED sTA'rns PATENT OFFICE.

JEFFREY T. FERREB, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEFTONMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

PACKING OR SHIPPING BOX.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented March 1c, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFREY T. Fnanns, a citizen of the United States,residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana,have invented certain nc v and useful Improvements in Packing orShipping Boxes, of which the following is a spec' ca tion.

My invention relates to boxes of the folding or collapsible t e andformed of corrugated paper boa and intended for the packagmg andshipment of goods.

The ob ect of my invention is to provide a new construction of box ofthis character having the various features of advanta e and utilitywhich will be apparent from t e description hereinafter given.

Inthe drawingsF' re 1 isa lanviewof a blank from which a x-em ying minvention is formed; Fig. 2 an edge view 0 said blank Fi 3 a perspectiveof the box in its assemble or erect form; F 4 a perspective of such boxas it appears he ms the end flaps ahere slalodlwn in vertical ositionare folded ownwa in position; 5 0. rs ive of said box showing anothmetlisd i iilding the said fla as compared with the box illustrated in3; 6 a perspective of the box sh the en flaps or extensions open; Figs.7 an 8 sections on the lines 77 and 88 res tively of Fig. 3 but made ona somewhat r scale; Fig. 9 a perspective of a 'box of mo ifiedconstruction; 10 a cross section of a box of the structure illus tratedin F' s. 1' to 8 illustrating the crushed character two of the end flapsin a somewhat diagrammatic exaggerated manner; F 11 a plan view of aportion of a blank ustrating a modified form of box; Fig. 12 an eviewthereof; 13 a pers ctive of a x made fromsaid modified b 14 aperspective showing said modified orm of box with the top on flaps orextensions open; F 15 a ggrs ctive of as upper endthof ano'fi m 7 Fformof x,=s owin eto' a .168. plan view -a 'rti dn oi another arm of blank;17 a perspective of a box formed from the leak of Fig. 16;-and Fig. 18 aperspective of said box with the top end fla s open. L

' 'hereinbefore man my box is formed .What was the co from corrugated paor board and in the present instance I emp 0y the so-ca'lled doublefacedcorrugated paper board comprising as usual the two facing strips orsheets and the interposed corrugated strip. Speakin in gfigeral terms myinvention contemp ates t' forming of boxes from this double-faced corruated board and either crush down and attening the corrugated beer as tocertain of the end flaps or extensions or the cutting away or removal ofthe inner facing strip and the co ted strip either in whole or in partfrom suc end extensions or flaps of the box, with the resuit that theend closures of the box may be the better and more conveniently formedthan if such flaps remained of the corru ated paper board structure.Thus, while e be]: may be said to be made of corrugated paper board, thecorrugated character of certain of the end fla s or extensions has beendestroyed.

' ferring to that form of box made from a blank of double facedcorrugated paper board, iiiustrated in 1 to 9, in which said end flapsare crushed down and the cur rugated character thereof thereby destroyedthe corrugated board is roperl scored an creasedintotheformof lanksowninFig,

1 whereby there results the 031 similar sides 1, 2, 3 and 4 having attheir oplposite ends the extensions or flaps 5, 6, 7 an 8 res ively. Itbeunderstood that the b anks are made of any desired size and dimensionsto the size or character of box required. 1th the exception of the offlaps 5 and '7,' the box is composed of bo'uiale"facedn said flapsorigin y com sue comzgat 120 but subsequeritly crushed or flattened downin suitable manner so that these flaps are made up of-throe layers orthicknesses of the paper, to -wit, the two facing strips andrrugatedstrip. This crushof these end flaps enahlestbem to be conveniently folded either inwardly or oils]; wardliaand in fact accordingto any kind of fold t t may be In the present instance, however, theflaps 5 are creased, being provided withobiiqne score lines 5 meetingattheir outer'ends at the edge of the blank and the *flap's 7 havesimilar score lines 7. i It'wili be that in the formasuch inward f0 tionof the box the sides I and 4 are secured in any suitable manner at theirouter or free ed cs as for instance by means of the tape SI. "hen thebox is assembled or folded as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 the end flaps6 and 8 are turned inwardly from the 0 men osition illustrated in Fig.6, such end ups lieing of a size so as by reference to meet at thecenter line of the ox as illustrated in Fig. 4. The other pairs of flaps5 and 7 thereupon fold to the trian lar form illustrated in said latterfigure. hese triangular flaps are now folded inwardly and upon the uppersurface of the other flaps 6 and and may be secured to the latter in anysuitable manner as by means of filue in order to close and seal thepackage. desired a cap sheet 10 may beap lied andglued tothe ends 0. thebox to mores actually seal the same and resent asmoothsurface.Howevenifdes the flaps 5 and 7, instead of being turned downwardl uponthe ends of the box, may be turn or folded outwardly and then downwardlupon the sides of the box, as illustrated in F' 5 and 9. Also ifdesired, a tape 11 or e like ma be lued or asted over the meet line 0the ps 6 an 8 and also to the said flaps 5 and 7, thereby strengtheningthe structure and sealing said 'oint. Said tape ma e ual the distanceetween the outer en s o the flaps or, as shown in Fig. 5, it may be ofsufficient length to extend down on to the sides of the box 1 and 3 tohold the ends down and cap sheet 10 ma then be added if desired. Suchtape may housed in the same manner in connection with the boxillustrated in 3 and 4. It will be understood that said s 5 and 7 mayfold inwardly underneath t e other flaps instead of outwardly as shown,being illustrated in F 1g. 18 in connection with a modified formhereinafter described.

It will now be a parent that the crushing of certain of the en flaps andthe consequent destruction of the corrugated board structure thereofenables such flaps to be readily folded in difierent ways and m aconvenient manner without materially detract from the strength of theend closures of the x.

As hereinhefore stated, the corrugated character of the end flaps 5 and7 may be destroyed by removing in whole or in part the co ated strip andone of the fac' strips dfiie construction in which su dfi strips arewholly removed is illustrated in Figs. 11 to 15 and the otherconstruction in which such strips are in part removed is illustrated inF 16 to 18.

Referring to t 0 box shown in Figs. 11 to 14, the same comprises sidewalls 1 2, 3 and 4 as m the form already describe and end flaps orextensions 12 13, 14 and 15, it being understood that both ends ofthebox are similarly provided with flaps. By proforcnce, these [hips arenot hinged tnguthul', heillg si-pul'alcil 'mnl each other by slils ussoon in Fig. ll. With the exception of the llups l2 and 14, the entirebox is mil-dc of double faced corrugated board and as to said llups, thesame consists merely of the outer facing strip, the inner facing stripand the corrugated stn'p having been removed. in practice, theun'rugatcd board flaps 13 and 15 are folded inwardly first and the damflaps 12 and 14 are then folded down thereupon and referably glued tothe first named flaps, ig. 13, after which, if desired, cap sheets maybe applied to the ends of the box, this not, however, being as desirablein this ini tlance as in the case of the box shown in the form of boxjust described the end flaps 12 and 14 are separated from each other anddo not fold axes t of comes upon their respective side walls, ut ifdesired such and flaps may be hinged to each other and be so scored andcreased as to fold in the same manner (either inwardly or outwardly) asin respect to the box illustrated in Figs. 1 to 9. Such modified form ofbox is shown in Fig. 15, in which the end flaps l6 and 18 are of theplain paper, that is merely the facing strip, whereas the flaps 17 and19 are of the corrugated board character. The flaps l6 and 18 areoblitgiaely scored in the same marmer as the end ps 5 and 7 hereinbeforedescribed and fold in a similar manner.

Referring next to that form of box in which the corrugated character oftwo tie is at each end of the box is removed in art, t is same isillustrated in Figs. 16, 17 an 18. In these figures the partscorresponding to those previously described are indicated b the samereference characters such box sing the same as the others herembeforedescribed with the exce tion of those end flaps which are folded. isclearly indicated in Figs. 16 and 18,two of the four end flaps of eachend of the box have the inner facing strip and corrugated stri removedin part, forming as to each and t ereof the two triangular portions 20and a third triangular portion 21 of the same corrugated board structureas the remainderpf the blank. These particular cud flags, which need notbe scored, maybe folded cit er inwardly upon the ends of the box oroutwardl upon the sides thereof. The remaining aps 22 and 23 are leftintact, that is of the corrugated board structure. As indicated in Fig.18 these articular end flaps are folded inwardly in ac vance of theother end do. 6 and 8. This part cular construction 0 the end flapsenables the foldin to take place conveniently and properly an at thesame time practically the entire original strength of the flaps isretained.

As in the case of the box in which certain of the end flaps are crusheddown, the removal of the corrugated strip and one of tho faoin strips inwhole or in part, as described, enab es such [laps to be readily of saidflaps being uncorrugated but composed of the same material as theremainder of the box. and t'OHVGIl' l 7. A packing or shippin boxcomprising iently folded and strong, cfliolcnt and com- 1 sides hingedtogether and liiips or extensions paratively smooth end closures in beprovided.

I claim: l. A packing or sluppmg sides hinged to ether and hinged to theends of the sides, the box ing originally box colnprisin' g g 2 hingedto the ends of the sides, the sides of the box and certain of theopposite end flaps being formed of double faced corrugated boardconsisting of inner and outer facing strips and an interposed corrugatedstrip, the remainder of said flaps being uncorrugated made holly fromcorru ated paper board 5 but composed of the same material as the butsubsequent having the corrugatedcharl as to tvvoend flaps at each ucterelimmate end of the box. t

2. A packing or shipping box comprlsmg sides hinged to ether and flapshinged to the hi eing originally the made wholly from corrugated paperboard ends of the si es, the box but subse uentiy having the corrugatedcharacter t liminated as to too end flaps at each end of the box, saidparticular flaps bciw creased for folding purposes.

A packing or shipping box comprising sides hinged together and flaps orextensions hinged to the endsof the sides, the box being formed ofcorrugated paper board and two end flaps being crushed down and thecorrugated character thereof thorebyeiiminatcd.

4. A packing or shipping box comprising sides hinged together and flapsor extensions hinged to the ends of the sides, two opposite flaps ateach end of the box being creased for folding purposes, the box beingformed of corrugated paperboard and the corrugations of the creasedflaps being crushed dov. n, said creased flaps together ith the otherflaps being foldable to form the ends of the box.

5. A packing or shi ping box com risi sides hinged together a -hd flapsor extgnsiofi hinged to the ends of the sides, tn 0 opposite flaps ateach end of the box being creased for folding purposes, the box beingformed of corrugated paper and the corrugations of the creased flapsbein crushed don n,said creased flaps together it 1th the other flapsbeing foldable to form the ends of the box, and cap sheets secured toand sealing such ends of the bpkx. km b0 6. ac or shi pin it com ris'sides hin ged to gether a hd a s or ext nsic i r fs hinged to the endsof the si es, the sides of the box and certain of the end flaps beformed of double faced corrugated boar consisting of inner and outerfacing strips and an interposed corrugated strip, the remainderremainder of the box and being diagonally creased to form tlueetriangular portions.

8. A packing or shipping box comprising sides hinged together and in sor extensions ed to the ends of the si' es, the sides of x and certainof the opposite end flaps being turned of double faced corrugated boardconsistil of inner and outer facing strips and an interposed corrugatedstrip, the remainder of said flaps being uncorrugated but composed ofthe same material as the remainder of the box all of said flaps beingfoldablc to form the ends of the box, and cap sheets secured to andsealing such box ends.

9. A packing or shipping box comprising sides hinged together and aps orextensions hinged to the ends of the sides, the sides of the box andcertain of the opposite end flaps be' formed of double faced corrugatedboar consisting of inner and outer facing strips and an interposedcorrugated strip, the remainder of said flaps being uncorrugated butcomposed of the same material as the remainder of the box all of saidflaps being foldabie to form the ends of the box, and to es secured tothe box ends along the joints etneen the flaps and extending upon theouter sides of thebox and secured thereto.

10. A packing or shipping box comprising the four sides 1, 2, 3 and 4lunged together to form the box bod and flaps 5, 6, 7 and 8 hinged toeach on of the sides to form the box ends, the sides and also the pairsof flaps 6 and 8 being formed of double-faced cormated paper board butthe other pairs of aps 5 and 7 being ori -inally formed of such boardbut being crus ed donn and creased for folding purposes.

JEFFREY T. FERRES. Witnesses:

S. E. Hmnnn, LOUIS B. Enwm.

